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|partof=[[:Category:Indian Mutiny|Indian Mutiny]]|date=8 November 185721 March 1858|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atraulia [Atrowlee|Atraulia]], Uttar Pradesh] |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.332827,82.95012&z=13&t=h&hl=en 26.332827°N 82.950120°E]
|result= British retreat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] Azimghur Field Force
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Col Millman
|commander2=
|strength1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Summary ==
Kunwar Singh and sepoys of the Dinapore Brigade with superior numbers force Col Millman with the Azimghur Field Force to retreat to Azimgurh.
== Colonel Milman's Force ==
*[[37th Regiment of Foot|HM 37th Regiment]] (206 men)
*Two light guns
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&dq=Atrowleea+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA48,M1 Atrowleea - Gazetteer 1857] ==== Historical books on-line ====*''The history of the Indian revolt and of the expeditions to Persia, China and Japan by George Dodd 1859'' [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA431&dq=Atrowlia&as_brr=1&ei=uFibR-XuApXGyASYzKmZCg#PPA430,M1 Conflict at Atraulia] Google Books<br>*''Kaye's and Malleson's History of the Indian mutiny of 1857-8 Vol IV'' [http://archive.org/stream/kayesmallesonshi04kaye#page/318/mode/2up Action at Atraulia] archive.org
[[Image:Atrauliamap.jpg|thumb|Atraulia location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
[[Category:Battles|Atrowlee, Battle of]]
[[Category:Koer Singh and the Western Bihar Campaign|Atrowlee, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Atrowlee, Battle of]]
